Packet 11: Bonus 5
A medieval Georgian epic named for one of these people “in the Panther’s skin” was written by Shota Rustaveli. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these chivalric figures who accompanied King Arthur at the Round Table.
ANSWER: knights [accept the Knights of the Round Table]
[10m] The Knight in the Panther’s Skin was written in a poetic form consisting of the “Rustavelian” type of these stanzas. Shakespearean sonnets typically consist of three of these stanzas followed by a couplet.
ANSWER: quatrains [accept Rustavelian quatrains]
[10h] Besides Georgian, Rustaveli was also thought to have composed verse in this language. In an epic in this language, a bird known as the Simurgh performs a C-section to save a hero who would later perform Seven Labors.
ANSWER: Persian [or Farsi] (The epic is the Shahnemeh.)
<Poetry — Gregory Zeldovich> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |